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snori |
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November 03, 2009 06:32:46am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: any cricket fans around here? |
Sprinting in from Third Man to gather SDH's miscued (Dead)hook. I've been mad about cricket since I was a kid going to watch Kent CCC with my Dad and his brothers (the early days of Knott and Underwood).
Usually get to some days of Test matches, but not this year as a result of Edgbaston reducing the number of tickets individuals can buy. Saw the Aussies against England A at Worcester, but it was too much of a friendly. Equally happy watching a Sunday afternoon game though.
Is that enough ? I'm off to listen to Roy Harper's magnificent 'When an old cricketer leaves the crease' followed by 'Soul Limbo'.
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SomeDarkHollow |
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November 03, 2009 07:52:21am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: any cricket fans around here? |
I think the sole reason that baseball was "invented" here was to come up with a sport with more rules than cricket. We'll show them Royalists! I mean, does cricket have anything close to a balk or the infield fly rule (look it up, tea-bagger)?
Then, of course, football came along and just blew 'em all out of the water.
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bluedevil |
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November 03, 2009 08:22:48am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: any cricket fans around here? |
I like the fact that when the NFL played a game in London a few years back that many over there thought that the "breaks" between plays was for the sole purpose of showing TV commercials.
...and I still think India was wrong to cancel their tour in Australia (but what do I know)
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